How I Killed Your Master: Difference between revisions

{{work}}

[[File:phpkIQq7VPM.jpg|frame]]

 

A Kung Fu [[Wuxia]] Webcomic, written by [[Brian Clevinger]] and John Wood, drawn by Matt Speroni and lettering done by Jeff Powell.

 

Notable for a consistently strong art style and dead-serious writing on-par with the greatest Kung Fu epics. You can find it [http://www.nuklearpower.com/hikym here].

* [[Action Girl]]: Fang Lin establishes herself as one in the first two frames she appears in.

* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: Wong's father's style is called the Divine Fist of the Unconquerable Sky, which is an amalgamation of all the styles he has fought against/witnessed.

* [[Avenging the Villain]]: Chan Sen, [[Big Bad|Xu Li's]] apprentice.

* [[Badass Boast]]: Prior to the series' first [[Curb Stomp Battle]], one of the opponents taunts Master Fei about how long it's been since anyone heard of him fighting. [[Bond One-Liner|After the fight,]] [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/12/11/how-i-killed-your-master-032/ Master Fei explains why].

** Also Liu Feng is said to have described his kung-fu style as simply "I don't know what it's like to hit a man twice."

** And then there is the Tiger Knuckle School...

** Zhang, going by the streaks in his [[Badass Beard]],.

* [[Bald of Awesome]]: Master Fei. Some would call it a [[Bald of Evil]], but he's more of a [[Jerkass]] than outright evil.

* [[Bold Inflation]]

* [[Bond One-Liner]]:

'''Liu Wong:''' It would have been the right thing to do. }}

* [[Captain Obvious]]:

'''Master Fei:''' Obviously I did! His dying wish would not have been to send you to live with a stranger! No more talking! }}

* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]: [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2009/08/10/how-i-killed-your-master-%E2%80%93-003/ Take a look.]

* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]: [[Lampshaded]] by Lin:

* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: The three factions vying for control over Xiao Chengzheng wear brown, yellow and blue, respectively.

* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: Wong and Lin are talking about the three factions that want to get a hold of the governor's imperial seal so they can rule the region. Then, in the middle of the conversation, Wong ''just happens'' to pull the seal out of a well when he goes to get a drink. Then, while he's examining it, who shows up? The bandits Wong had fought twice before, who ''just happen'' to belong to one of the factions.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Fei's fight against Ji Jiao and Ji Bao.

** And if Fei isn't exaggerating, then Liu Feng's entire ''career'' was nothing but this. When you can say "I don't know what it's like to hit a man twice" and have that taken seriously, you're a guy who has kicked a ''lot'' of asses with very little effort.

**** And then {{spoiler|the bandits come back to gang up and kick Wong's ass, indicating he should have taken a few more.}}

** [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2011/01/25/how-i-killed-your-master-074/ Meet Zhang.]

* [[One-Man Army]]: Zhang. Complete with lampshade hanging.

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: Fang Lin and Wong run into [[Random Encounter|a bunch of bandits]]/

'''Wong:''' ''Which'' ugly one? }}

** And later...

* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Po serves as Wong's parental figure after his parents are killed.

* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: Wong fights the same group of five bandits three times, with radically different outcomes. The forumgoers complained that it was unrealistic when the same guy knocked five bandits out singlehandedly and was trounced in their next two fights. However, this is how it can happen in real life. The main variable was the element of surprise, which is very often decisive in ''any'' battle.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2011/01/18/how-i-killed-your-master-073/ "Brother Zhang, our 'Papers'."]

* [[Schedule Slip]]: A few changes and interruptions have occurred within the schedule, partly due to other commitments and partly due to trying to find a schedule which worked for them. ''[[The Dreadful]]'' was actually created so the fans could read something else by Matt Speroni while waiting for HIKYM updates.

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/08/09/how-i-killed-your-master-059/ Wong and Lin] again.

** [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2010/10/08/how-i-killed-your-master-070/ He's learning].

* [[Shout-Out]] / [[Take That]]: "[[You Fight Like a Cow|This isn't goofing off]]-- THIS is goofing off!" (Wong performs a [[Shoryuken]].)

** The title is also a reference to [[How I Met Your Mother]], with the whole flashback narrative going-on.

* [[Whole-Episode Flashback]]

* [[Wuxia]]:

 

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Historical Webcomics]]